Mary HAYS
HAIRSTON.org ID#520, b. 13 May 1836, d. 23 February 1865
| Birth* | Mary HAYS was born on 13 May 1836 in Alabama.1,2 |
| Marriage* | She married Robert Andrew HAIRSTON, son of Hardin Hairston and Sarah "Sally" Stovall STAPLES, on 10 July 1856 in Greene, Alabama. After their marriage, they took a trip to New York.3,2,4 |
| Census 1860 | Mary HAYS appeared on the 1860 census of Robert Andrew HAIRSTON on 9 June 1860 in Eutaw, Greene, Alabama; R A Hariston 30 planter b. VA, M H Hariston 24 b. AL.1
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| Will* | Mary HAYS left a will on 4 February 1865 in Greene, Alabama.5 |
| Death* | She died on 23 February 1865 in Greene, Alabama, at age 28.6,5 |
| Newspaper* | "DIED, In this place, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Mary H. Hairston, consort of the late Robert A. Hairston..." - Alabama Beacon, Greensboro, Alabama, Friday, February 24, 1865, page 2. |
Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)
- [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia.
- [S34] Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
- [S3669] Probate - R A Hairston 1866 (only part of file is attached) - "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," database with images, FamilySearch: 26 December 2021), R H Hairston, 1866; citing Greene County courthouse, Alabama; FSL microfilm 2,385,563., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- [S3318] Will of Mary Hays Hairston - 04 February 1865, Greene County, Alabama; Estate Case 1861-1873, Ancestry.com.
- [S105] Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama during June Term, 1867, and January Term, 868, John W. Shepherd, (Barrett & Brown, Printers and Binders. 1869).